UNSPSC 85703959: Destruction of left upper femur, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of left upper femur, percutaneous approach. This surgical intervention or procedure is listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 as code 0Q573ZZ

UNSPSC 85703959 Destruction of left upper femur, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual work being procured by state and local governments in recent solicitations. The code's nominal scope—a surgical procedure code naming a specific anatomical intervention—does not align with the medical services, staffing, and benefit administration being requested by state and local buyers under this designation. Recent opportunities posted under this code include independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, occupational medical surveillance programs, specialty surgical benefit carve-outs for municipal employees, temporary health professional staffing pools, pharmacy benefit management administration, and emergency/specialty medical services for detained youth—none of which constitute the destruction of a left upper femur or relate to orthopedic surgical procedures at all. The issuing bodies span municipal retirement offices (City of Phoenix), state departments of transportation (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems (Santa Clara County Health System), county human services agencies (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), and county employee benefits programs (Collier County Board of County Commissioners, City of Long Beach). This code shows a fundamental mismatch between its clinical procedure name and the administrative, staffing, and health-benefit procurement activity state and local governments are actually conducting under it.

The geographic distribution of recent activity includes Arizona (Phoenix), Washington (statewide ferry system), California (Santa Clara County, Long Beach), Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County). Representative current opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) covering medical record summaries and psychiatric examinations for approximately 75 annual disability benefit applications at a five-year contract value of $750,000; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) requiring board-certified occupational medicine physicians to conduct baseline, periodic, follow-up, and exit examinations across 14 Washington ferry locations; and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive multiple-award RFSQ for temporary health professional staffing (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026) across 13 ancillary clinical categories including audiology, cardiology, diagnostic imaging, gastroenterology, and therapy services. The code as currently assigned appears to reflect a data classification error rather than a meaningful procurement taxonomy for the services being solicited.